Universal health care is not the answer

In the July l Fence Post, Mr. Jason G. Spoor waved the flag for a socialized health plan because he insists that it is a fundamental human right. If he is correct, and I know that he isn't, then it is a fundamental right that everyone should have a job. This too would be taken care of by our government and then we wouldn't need to have unions and the cost of doing business would be reduced. I don't think that Mr. Spoor would agree with that premise.

The 45 million people - which isn't accurate - who he believes doesn't have health insurance would have it if the majority of these people had jobs to support their families and if we had stringent immigration laws as we once had.

How can anyone compare a country the size of the United States with a country the size of Switzerland or Germany? If you want to make a comparison, compare with China or Russia. The Canadians who have had to use their system, which is government run, don't like it because they ration health care and it may take six months to a year to have elective surgery performed.

Among the reasons that two of our largest industries have collapsed is because they caved in to the unreasonable union demands for unreasonable wage increases for unskilled labor. They agreed to retirement plans that were not sustainable over many years. They agreed to the richest health insurance plans that were unreasonable.

What has driven up the cost of the delivery of health care is the private sector is subsidizing Medicare because the government is underfunding it. Abusive use of the utilization of health is another that drives the cost.

Think these facts over. Do you still want universal care? Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.

Kenneth Nielsen

Arlington Heights